What’s Missing from Virtual Communication (part 2)?
My Grandma, when she was alive, loved to talk about her first trip to Europe as a young ingénue. It ...
Three quick tips for improving your connection with your audience
I posted the last time on the importance of the voice for an empathetic connection with your audience. Of course, ...
The Problem with Email
When email first worked its way into most workplaces, it was part of a dedicated system, a set of interconnected ...
How Long Is That Pesky Attention Span Thing?
There’s an urban myth doing the rounds that goes something like this: recent studies suggest that our attention spans have ...
The Eight Worst Ways to Start a Speech
Every year about now, the conference season kicks into gear and I hear -- and coach -- speeches and speakers ...
The Seven Worst Things That Speakers Do to Sabotage Themselves and Their Careers
There’s something about the approach of fall that always makes me think about renewal. Maybe it’s because I was tied ...
Is it OK to use Emojis?
One of the great dangers of email, that staple of modern business life, is the misunderstanding that comes from your ...
Speakers and Their Hair — How Should You Style Yourself?
After all those principles, here’s a look at an arguably lighter issue: speaker hairstyles. Here’s the problem for the modern ...
Principles of Public Speaking – the Final Seven
With this blog post, I’m concluding a series of public speaking principles that are a summation of what I’ve learned ...
Principles of Public Speaking – X
I’m continuing a series of public speaking principles in the next few blog posts that are a summation of what ...
